Blog: Interior Painting

Stenciling is back!  Artistic Finishes recently had the opportunity to design and finish a bedroom ceiling in Parkland. We started with a stencil design the client really liked and calculated the size of the borders and pin striping to fit to scale on the ceiling. Then a base coat was applied to the ceiling followed…

Artistic Finishes, Inc. had the pleasure to be part of the renovation of an historical church in Miami during the last few months.  Calvary Chapel Miami Beach was set to undergo a makeover to enlarge the sanctuary making more room for guests. Borrergard Construction, Inc. was the contractor who took on the project and did…

Artistic Finishes just finished our largest, longest job to-date.  We began painting the new construction home in March with priming and painting the new stucco and then hand painted over 300 decorative corbels along the soffit. Following the completion of exterior work we moved inside where we began by priming all new walls and ceilings—a…

Artistic Finishes, Inc. had the opportunity this month to create a garage floor finish to compliment the client’s beautiful home interior. We began first prepping the bare concrete by etching the surface with a floor polishing machine that had a special etching attachment. After the floor was properly etched, we acid washed the floor and…

Artistic Finishes, Inc. was recently called to take a look at a living room in Boynton Beach that needed a little TLC. The home had just been painted by another contractor but the owners were not completely satisfied with the living room. The walls received a stripe technique but the colors were a bit off…

Artistic Finishes just finished up a project in Palm Aire, Fort Lauderdale which required extra patience and a steady hand. We began by removing the popcorn from the ceiling and mirrors from the guest room walls. Then we finished the ceilings to a smooth finish and prepared the walls for a paint finish. After that…

This last month Artistic Finishes had the pleasure of completing a salon remodel project.  After the extensive remodel and construction was done we began the process of finishing the walls. The walls were prepped and painted a neutral color and accented with beautiful arches and soffits finished in 3 coats of Venetian plaster in a…

Artistic Finishes just had the pleasure of finishing one of our longest projects.  We prepared and applied Venetian plaster to walls and ceilings onto approximately 3,000 Sq. ft. in the Parkland home.  The newly built addition including a gym and gym bath received fine Marmarino on all the ceilings. We then accented the bedroom tray ceiling…

Artistic Finishes, Inc. most recent challenge came with a growl! Ok, a purrr… We were asked to mimic a cheetah print from a TV series … The first challenge was that the walls were heavily textured with knockdown. We began by skim coating all the walls to a slick smooth finish. Then we primed and…

After multiple samples Artistic Finishes, Inc. was able to achieve the desired cloth look the decorator wanted.  The already painted ceiling would receive a facelift.  We painted and glazed the crown moldings to match a metallic silver-gold finish. The ceiling trays received a black metallic finish which gave the finished ceiling a contemporary twist of…